Toyota's Takahiro Fujioka has got something most auto plant managers would kill for right now: assembly lines running at almost full capacity.
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Toyota plans to cut the cost of producing compact cars by US$1bn a year as demand is likely to grow during the global recession, a newspaper said.
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In the latest management changes, Kia has appointed Paul Philpott as its new chief operating officer in Europe and hired Toyota's Michael Cole as its new U.K.
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In the latest management changes, Kia has appointed Paul Philpott as its new chief operating officer in Europe and hired Toyota's Michael Cole as its new U.K.
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With Williams and Force India on the outer after filing unconditional FIA paperwork, the F1 teams' alliance FOTA has moved to ensure its unity is not further eroded. Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Renault and BMW have signed a $50m bond not to jump ship and enter the 2010 championship unconditionally within the next 30 days.
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Team AT&T Williams-Toyota driver Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of the first free practice session of the Grand Prix of Turkey this morning at the Istambul Autodrom.
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New vehicle sales in Indonesia declined by 34.4% in May to 32,500 units, compared with 49,561 units a year earlier, according to preliminary data released by PT Toyota Astra Motor - Toyota's local distributor.
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Toyota's new Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling vehicle in May with monthly sales of 10,915 units. The Prius outsold Honda's Insight hybrid, which topped the sales chart in April - a first for a hybrid.
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Electric vehicles are a viable option but only as compact commuters, a senior Toyota official said on Thursday.
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Toyota will start building - from assembly kits, as at present - the third generation Prius hybrid in China early in 2010 but no date has been set for postponed US production to start, officials told just-auto on Thursday.
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Toyota"s Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in May, a dealers' group said on Thursday, attesting to robust demand for low-emission cars helped by government incentives.
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The Toyota Formula 1 team unveiled their F109 car fitted with new rear wing endplates in Istanbul.
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Toyota in the US has said that is adding 65,000 vehicles this summer to its planned production schedule.
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Toyota will ramp up production of six of its best-selling models over the next three months. North American production will increase by 65,000 units over the previous plan for the three-month period.
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Toyota will ramp up production of six of its best-selling models over the next three months. North American production will increase by 65,000 units over the previous plan for the three-month period.
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Toyota will ramp up production of six of its best-selling models over the next three months. North American production will increase by 65,000 units over the previous plan for the three-month period.
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Toyota Motor Corp is to lease out close to 200 plug-in hybrid vehicles in Japan in collaboration with a number of local governments in order to help promote the use of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
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Team president John Howett insisted on Wednesday that Toyota wants to commit to formula one until "at least the end of the 2012 season".
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With General Motors wavering on the future of its California joint venture with Toyota Motor Corp., the Japanese automaker may consider buying out GM's stake.
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